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I swear I remember reading somewhere, probably 10+ years ago, and probably in a MAKE magazine catalog, about projects that you could reprogram (POV displays and
by knotimpressed 2y ago
I swear I remember reading somewhere, probably 10+ years ago, and probably in a MAKE magazine catalog, about projects that you could reprogram (POV displays and the like, text only) by holding up to your computer screen. I have no idea what the name was, but I'm pretty sure they used a photocell and nothing else, and communication was of course one way. I never bought one, but they seemed pretty cool.
- nereye 2y agoThis would likely have been the Mintronics POV kit (MAKE had a whole series of kits that shipped in an Altoids/mints tin, e.g. the Mintronics survival pack [1], which had a mini breadboard and 60+ components), here is a picture: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/make-mintronics-blinky-pov-4551336139 https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/make-mintronics-blink... It seems to be based on the Blinky POV: https://www.wayneandlayne.com/projects/blinky/ https://www.wayneandlayne.com/projects/blinky/ A similar idea (transferring data via computer screen) goes back to 1994's Timex Datalink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Datalink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Datalink 1 https://makezine.com/article/technology/in-the-maker-shed-mintronics-survival-pack/ https://makezine.com/article/technology/in-the-maker-shed-mi...
- X-Cubed 2y agoThere was also the Timex Datalink series of watches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Datalink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Datalink